Services
- Individual
- Couples
- Family
- Adolescent/Teen
About My Clients
Many of the clients I work with are struggling, but don't know exactly why. Again, it's not an expectation that you know what's "wrong" to seek therapy. You only need to bring with you a desire for change. That being said, the clients I have the most experience, specialization, and passion working with are those who have experienced traumatic life events, particularly sexual-related traumas, anxiety, Depression, and symptoms which typically turn out to be caused by ADHD.
My Background and Approach
Working from a person-centered approach with a deep understanding of how life events and hurtful relationship dynamics can create discord and dysfunction in people's lives, I offer an unwavering compassion and ability to help you see the beautiful qualities and capabilities underneath the pain that may be keeping you stuck. Yes, it's there, whether you see it or not! We would work in collaboration and all parts of you will be heard. Even those parts that never get to speak or be seen. My goals is that you won't get "tools to cope" as much as you will simply become a person whose thoughts, feelings, and actions align with your values, which can make daily life so much easier and really reduce the need to cope. We would focus on your concerns, and you'll get honest, caring feedback when necessary. Together we'll create a space that is safe, free of judgment or criticism so we can effectively work on the areas of your life that can be very difficult to look at and very difficult to change
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I have strong convictions about people and the world. One of them is that my beliefs develop from my own experiences and you will not have the same experiences as me, so your beliefs are just as valid and true to you as mine are to me. This is how I approach differences in beliefs in therapy. They have a place and they can be appreciated. That means I work with sexual abuse survivors, and I work with sexual abuse perpetrators. I will work with people who have suffered from toxic relationships, and I work with the people who behave in toxic ways in relationships. I'm not here to work with the innocent victims. Those people don't exist. I want to work with anyone who wants help to change, and that means those people have probably made some mistakes in life, possibly big, hurtful ones. If this feels true for you, I believe you are deserving of having a better life too. Like the saying goes "Hurt people hurt people". When these people can heal, they can stop hurting others and themselves.